UPDATE: On the eve of the Indiana and North Carolina primaries, the flag-stomping photo of Obama's unrepentant terrorist friend Bill Ayers that I found last night on a pro-Clinton website goes viral. Michelle Malkin. HotAir. LGF. My friend John Ruberry. The Instapundit. My friend Simon at Classical Values. Powerline. The Campaign Spot. Stop the ACLU.
*** Perennial liberal apologist Al Hunt frets Obama almost looks like a victim, wronged by the Rev. Wright. He done me wrong?
How about this one, maybe the new Obama theme song, "If you're gonna do me wrong, do it wright, uh right". Maybe not. Try this, "The Night the Lights Went Out in Indiana, uh Georgia". (You know, Hillary probably wins this kind of competition, Barack. She's still married to Bill. But you chose the Rev. to marry you.)
The Tribune front page headline, reaching into Indiana, "Rivals get grillings on gas, pastor".
But isn't playing the victim a good thing per the liberal bible? Only for their voters. No, no, no-- liberal demagogues, uh "leaders" need a good villain to win. Wright's out-demagogued Barack and is hurting him, so let's change the subject (Hint: God Damn America and white people is not a winner). Here's Al:
This is a campaign that hasn't won anything in some eight weeks; it's a candidacy and message that seems tired.
Some of this is beyond their control: Who could have predicted the candidate's own narcissistic pastor would do such harm -- it had to be deliberate -- to a congregant?
Obama looked almost like a victim. That's not where an American presidential candidate wants to be. [snip]
Now, Clinton has given him a tangible target, one she believes is key to success on May 6: her embrace of McCain's ``gas tax holiday'' for this summer.
Even in a cynical world, this is a notable fraud. It's almost impossible to find a serious economist who thinks this is a good idea. It is bad tax policy; it is bad conservation policy; and it would line the pockets, not of struggling consumers, but of rich oil companies. This is pure pandering.
So Big Oil is the enemy? Talk about pure pandering. Barack's been doing back-flips on the gas tax issue
bigtime.
And what about Hillary and Barack Obama's Big Taxes? The WSJ steps in with a helpful guide, "Windfall Profits for Dummies". The Chicago Tribune:
Clinton, on the other hand, compounds one bad proposal with another—a windfall profits tax on oil companies, with the proceeds covering the lost gas tax funds. Obama, unfortunately, agrees with her on the need to confiscate some of those "windfall" profits.This is not just a bad idea in theory, but an idea that has proved bad in practice. The last time Washington decided to punish oil companies for being too successful, in 1980, the tax brought in far less money than expected and served mainly to increase our reliance on imported oil. If the goal is to reduce prices to consumers, the levy would be self-defeating, since it would lessen the incentive for oil companies to invest in exploration and production. Result: Lower supplies and higher prices
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No enemy in Big Ethanol, courtesy of Big Government, adding up to Big Hurt for consumers? Dennis Byrne:
The two contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination, Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, stand on the side of the knee-jerk and big agribusiness solution: continue to pour more subsidies into ethanol production and oppose with high tariffs Brazilian imports of cheaper ethanol made from sugar. President Bush also is sticking by his support of big favors for the ethanol industry.McCain opposes subsidies, by the way.
The front page of the Trib also features a vodka-swilling, Soros-funded mad Russian eco-scientist working hard to keep Siberia in the deep freeze. Quite a hopeful message these global warming zealots push. But didn't you hear, Barack, food riots trump global warming alarmism?
Barack Obama, he's so hard done by. And if you lose in Indiana and maybe even in North Carolina Barack, I've got another song for you, "Here's a quarter, call someone who cares". Maybe George Soros will still spare you a dime. Or some of your San Francisco friends. Ring up those superdelegates.
UPDATE: Andrew Sullivan approvingly quotes a blogger who, watching Hillary pander, equates her with George W.-- Intelligence Is The Enemy. But what has Barack Obama done with his? What good is his judgment? Obama is not the answer.
Posted by Anne Leary on May 5, 2008 9:01 AM
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